"Minto is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Minto is located 38 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region. ==History== Minto was named in honour of the Earl of Minto, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, who was Viceroy of India from 1807–1814. The name was originally given to the entire district stretching from just north of Appin up to what is now Denham Court.Minto History The area that constitutes the current suburb of Minto was originally home to the Tharawal people until the arrival of British settlers from the First Fleet. In 1811, Governor Lachlan Macquarie granted in the area to William Redfern, the colony's first surgeon. He in turn named it Campbellfield after Macquarie's wife Elizabeth whose maiden name was Campbell. Redfern used the property as a vineyard and sheep station. In 1810, Dr Robert Towson built his sandstock home, Varroville, in St Andrews Road, on land granted by Governor Macquarie. The house was subsequently owned by Charles Sturt and James Raymond, the first Postmaster General. In the 1820s, Colonel Parker built a Georgian bungalow called Epping Forest in Raby Road. A farm called Robin Hood Farm was built in Campbelltown Road circa 1830. These three properties are now listed on the Register of the National Estate.The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/21 In 1874, a railway station was built in the area and named Campbellfield after the property but this led to confusion with nearby Campbelltown so in 1882, it was renamed Minto. Development of the area followed shortly after and by the 1950s it was a village of around 500 people. A large slice of land on the east side of Minto was sold to Housing Commission in 1969 to provide cheap housing. Shortly after a large industrial estate was also established in the area and Minto's transition from village to Sydney suburb was complete. == Heritage listings == Minto has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Lot 315 Ben Lomond Road: Stone Cottage, Minto == Transport == Minto railway station is serviced by the Airport & South Line on the Sydney Trains network. Minto also has a small inland port connected by rail to Port Botany. The inland port consists of a single rail siding with an adjacent hard stand surface for the containers, and the siding is operated by top and tail trains with engines at both ends. ==Schools== Minto is home to two high schools, Sarah Redfern High and Alfaisal College; five primary schools, Campbellfield Public, Minto Public, Sarah Redfern Public,The Grange Public and Alfaisal college; and a special school, Passfield Park, which services disabled students from pre- school through to high school. Rugby League players, Michael Lett, Gray Vaine, Justin Brooker, John Skandalis, Ken McGuinness, Kevin McGuinness, Israel Folau, Mickey, Lopini and Lelea Paea, Tim Lafai, Byron Fruean and Dominique Peyroux all attended Sarah Redfern High School, a notable rugby league school. ==Housing== Public housing belonging to Housing NSW has recently been demolished in the suburb to make way for a new housing estate called One Minto. The new estate will consist of both public and private housing. The majority of the houses will be private with around 850 privately owned houses compared to only 360 public housing homes. ==People== Shiva statue in Minto Shiva Temple ===Demographics=== At the 2016 census, there were 12,551 people in Minto. *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population. * 50.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Bangladesh 7.0%, India 4.5%, New Zealand 4.0%, Philippines 3.7% and Fiji 3.6%. * 48.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Bengali 10.2%, Hindi 4.8%, Samoan 3.8%, Nepali 3.1% and Arabic 2.8%. * The most common responses for religion were Catholic 21.4%, Islam 16.9%, No Religion 13.4%, Anglican 10.8% and Hinduism 9.7%. * The median weekly household income was $1,383, lower than the national median of $1,438. === Notable residents === * Rugby league players Israel Folau, Jarryd Hayne and Krisnan Inu all grew up within a few blocks of each other in Minto and played park football together. Mickey Paea and Tim Lafai also known in Minto as good helpers of the Minto Cobras team both players give up their time to help the Minto Cobras out every week in their extra time. * Member of the Parliament of New South Wales and former Housing Minister Cherie Burton grew up in Minto. ==Sport and recreation== Minto Sports Centre The Minto Indoor Sports Centre is home to local basketball and netball teams. The Macarthur Heat plays in the New South Wales State Basketball League and uses the Centre as its home court. The Campbelltown District Netball Association, which is also based at the Centre, plays in the third division of the Netball NSW State League. Minto has a rugby league team, the Minto Cobras playing in the Western Suburbs District Junior Rugby League. The Cobras home ground is Townson Oval. They have produced a number of NRL players including Israel Folau, Michael Lett, Gray Vaine, Justin Brooker, John Skandalis, Ken McGuinness, Kevin McGuinness, Jarryd Hayne, Mickey Lopini, Lalea Paea, Krisnan Inu and Tim Lafai. Mickey Paea, a current Bulldogs forward, always gives up his extra time and helps out Minto Cobras. The club is proud of him for doing that because not many NRL players would give up spare time to go visit the clubs where they played their junior footy. ==Controversy== The entrance to Minto Mall South entrance of renovated Minto Marketplace Minto has received negative publicity on two occasions because of a local shopping centre, Minto Mall, which has been investigated twice on the news program A Current Affair. Although it began as a boost to local business, it has more recently become dilapidated and untidy, and the management has taken no action to combat these problems. After being placed under pressure by A Current Affair and members of the community due to the rundown state of the mall, Minto Mall sold in late 2012. Since 2014, the former Minto Mall has fully reopened and refurbished as Minto Marketplace. It is populated by major retailers and franchises such as Woolworths, Kmart, Priceline, Lowes Menswear, Gloria Jeans, Michel's Patisserie, Donut King, Ocean Master, Millers and many more. ==References== ==External links== * [CC-By-SA] Category:Suburbs of Sydney Category:Rail yards in Australia Category:Populated places established in 1882 Category:1882 establishments in Australia Category:City of Campbelltown (New South Wales) "

— Minto, New South Wales 🌺

"Birth Control is a German rock band known for their progressive hard rock sound and provocative album covers (such as that of Two Eggs – Two Concerts which depicts a hen cooking eggs). ==History== Birth Control formed in 1966 in Berlin from two other bands, the Earls and the Gents. The band was founded with a lineup consisting of Bernd Koschmidder (bass), Reinhold Sobotta (organ), Rolf Gurra (saxophone, vocals), Fritz Gröger (vocals), Reiner Borchert (guitar), Hugo Egon Balder (drums), and Klaus Orso (guitar). Within five years of the band's formation all seven of the original members had departed, but the band continued under the leadership of long-standing members drummer (and later lead vocalist) Bernd Noske (who replaced Balder in late 1968) and guitarist Bruno Frenzel (who replaced Borchert in 1969). Following the death of Frenzel in 1983, the group disbanded, but reunited in 1993 with only Noske remaining from the previous lineup. Other members of the reformed band included returning bassist/vocalist Horst Stachelhaus, as well as guitarist Rocco Zodiak and keyboardist Xaver Fischer. Despite the death of mainstay Stachelhaus in 1999, the band continued under Noske's guidance, touring Germany and release new albums periodically following the turn of the century. In later years, former members Peter Föller (bass, vocals) and Zeus B. Held (keyboards) both returned to the fold as guest musicians at occasional concerts. The band came to an end on February 18, 2014 with the death of Noske. The final lineup of the band consisted of Noske, bassist Hannes Vesper, keyboardist Sascha Kuhn, and guitarist Martin Ettrich. From 2016 on the band continued performing. The new lineup is: Peter Föller(vocals), Martin Ettrich (guitar, talkbox), Sascha Kühn (keyboards), Hannes Vesper (bass) and Manni von Bohr (drums). In the same year th new album "Here and now" has been released, with Bernd Noske on vocals and drums. Since 2018 it is also available as double vinyl. ==Members== *Bernd Koschmidder – bass, vocals (1968–1973) *Reinhold Sobotta – organ (1968–1972) *Rolf Gurra – saxophone, vocals (1968–1969) *Fritz Gröger – vocals (1968–1969) *Reiner Borchert – guitar (1968–1969) *Hugo Egon Balder – drums (1968) *Klaus Orso – guitar (1968) *Gerd Alsheimer – guitar (1968) *Bernd Noske – drums, percussion, vocals (1968–1983, 1993–2014; died 2014) *Bruno Frenzel – guitar (1969–1983; died 1983) *Wolfgang Neuser – organ (1972–1973; died 2018) *Peter Föller – bass, vocals (1973–1977, 2016-present) *Zeus B. Held – organ (1973–1978) *Dirk Steffens – guitar (1973–1974) *Horst Stachelhaus – bass, vocals (1977–1980, 1993–1999; died 1999) *Manfred von Bohr – drums (1977–1980, 2016-present) *Wolfgang Horn – organ (1979–1981) *Jurgen Goldschmidt – bass, vocals (1980–1983) *Stefan Linke – guitar, vocals (1981–1983) *Ulrich Klein – keyboards, vocals (1981–1983) *Xaver Fischer – keyboards (1993–1999) *Rocco Zodiak – guitar (1993–1995) *Peter Engelhardt – guitar (1995–2011) *Hannes Vesper – bass, organ (1999–2000, 2002–present) *Sascha Kuhn – keyboards (1999–present) *Rainer Wind – bass (2000–2002) *Martin Ettrich – guitar, talk box (2011–present) ==Discography== *Birth Control (1970) *Operation (1971) *Believe in the Pill (Best of …) (1972) *Hoodoo Man (1972) *Knock Knock. Who’s There (1973) *Rebirth (1973) *Goldrock (1973) *Live (1974) *Plastic People (1975) *Backdoor Possibilities (1976) *The Best Of (1977) *Increase (1977) *The Best Of (Vol. 2) (1978) *Titanic (1978) *Live 79 (1979) *Count on Dracula (1980) *Rock on Brain (1980) *Deal Done at Night (1981) *Bäng (1982) *Gamma Ray (Special Mix) (1989) *The Very Best Of (1990) *Condomium (1994) *Two Worlds (1995) *Jungle Life (1996) *Definitive Collection (1996) *Getting There (1998) *Crazy Nights (Studio Session) (1998) *Live Abortion (2000) *Live in Lachendorf (2000) *Alsatian (2003) *Live in Fulda (2004) *35th Anniversary – Live at Rockpalast (2005) *We are Family (2009) *Here and Now (2016) ==References== ==External links== *Official website * Category:German musical groups Category:German hard rock musical groups Category:German progressive rock groups Category:Musical groups established in 1968 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2014 Category:Musical groups from Berlin Category:Brain Records artists Category:Ohr label artists "

— Birth Control (band) 🌺

"Anglo-American music is derived from the English culture of the Thirteen Colonies of the United States and has been a founding influence for American folk and popular music. == Overview == Many American folk songs use the same music, but with new lyrics, often as parodies of the original material. Anglo- American songs can also be distinguished from British songs by having fewer pentatonic tunes, less prominent accompaniment (but with heavier use of drones) and more melodies in major. Anglo-American traditional music, dating back to colonial times, includes a variety of broadside ballads, humorous stories and tall tales, and disaster songs regarding mining, shipwrecks (especially in New England) and murder. Folk heroes like Joe Magarac, John Henry and Jesse James are also part of many songs. Folk dance of English origin include the square dance, descended from the European high society quadrille, combined with the American innovation of a caller instructing the dancers. Sea shanties are an important part of Anglo-American music. The folklorist Alan Lomax described regional differences among rural Anglo- American musicians as included the relaxed and open-voiced northern vocal style and the pinched and nasal southern style, with the west exhibiting a mix of the two. He attributed these differences to sexual relations, the presence of minorities and frontier life. == References == * * ; cited in Nettl * == Notes == # Nettl, pg. 201 # Nettl, pgs. 201-202 # Burk, Meierhoffer and Phillips # Lomax, pg. 1, cited in Nettl, pg. 202 Category:English music Category:Ethnic music in the United States Category:English-American culture "

— Anglo-American music 🌺